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Aspen Ski Vacations
Aspen Mountain has long been known as the playpen of the rich and famous and it is. But it is also a great place to take a family ski vacation. Christmas in Aspen is especially wonderful! Aspen Mountain rises above the town of Aspen, with a top elevation of 11215 feet and a vertical drop of 3269 feet. There are 76 trails suitable for beginners, intermediates, and experts, accessible by eight lifts, including seven chair lifts and one cable car line.
While Aspen has much to offer skiers, as well as those who enjoy the night life in a ski town, you should expect lots of crowds and lift lines on the slopes. Again, this is the playpen of the rich and famous, and many people choose this ski vacation spot simply for that reason as well as for the great runs and nightlife.
Aspen Mountain rises out of downtown Aspen. The Locals call it Ajax and this is the Aspen's true performance ski mountain. Don't plan to ski here if you are a beginner. But there are plenty of challenging intermediate trailss. The longest run is three miles. There is Snowcat skiing on the back side. And after a day on the slopes, Little Nell's at the base is the place to be seen. New gondola cars have recently been added. Snowboarding is allowed and includes a terrain park.
There are numerous places to stay in and around Aspen, with more than 100 restaurants to choose from as well. Ski instructions and equipment rental are abundant in the area, and snowboarders are welcome.
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Aspen Skiing Articles:-
Grant Whitney Harvey: Moonshadows: Part 1 (HuffingtonPost)
I Never in his twenty three years of life had Billy Gladsten made so much money. It afforded him a roomy one-bedroom apartment in Westwood,...
Local officials to discuss swine flu (Aspen Daily News)
The public is invited to tune into CGTV (Channel 11 in Aspen) this Wednesday at 11:30 a.m. to watch a live press conference with local officials answering questions about swine flu and outreach efforts currently under way. For detailed information about swine flu, consult www.cdc.gov/swineflu or call 1-877-462-2911.
Aspen Mountain terrain expansion hits a bump (The Aspen Times)
ASPEN - The Aspen Skiing Co. has dropped a proposal to add expert terrain on Aspen Mountain after the U.S. Forest Service determined last week that an environmental study was required.
Banff tour the centerpiece of Dahl festival (Rapid City Journal)
It took a few years for Trevor Bryan to attract the Banff Film Festival World Tour to Rapid City, but since he got it here, the festival of outdoor-oriented films has become the root from which the larger Dahl Mountain Culture Festival has grown.
Max Marolt scholarship program awards local athletes (The Aspen Times)
ASPEN - The city of Aspen has awarded $2,000 in athletic scholarships this quarter as part of the Max Marolt Scholarship Program.
Aspen Skiing Company's Auden Schendler on Big Levers, Blue Collars and Bourbon (Fast Company Magazine)
Auden Schendler, author of Getting Green Done: Hard Truths from the Front Lines of the Sustainability Movement wastes no time telling us he has something to tell us. He opens his trenchant enviro counterpoint with a dirge. "Things are SO UNBELIEVABLY bleak on climate, that it's the perfect metaphor," he said in a recent telephone interview. "Yet the dirge, without much effort, becomes a ...
McDowell reaching for her downhill dreams (Stillwater Courier)
The snow is gone in Minnesota and ski season has come to an end, but for 16-year-old Carly McDowell skiing is year round. Advertisement: RIVER'S EDGE Mother's Day Brunch, $16.95 Mother's Day Brunch, $16.95, River's Edge, New Richmond, WI.
Final weekend for lift skiing at Aspen Highlands (The Aspen Times)
ASPEN - Aspen Highlands will re-open Saturday and Sunday for a final weekend of lift-served skiing.
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